“For 65 minutes, it was a very good game from us but then they came at us hard,” he said.

“It should not have happened that we conceded six times with such a performance – it was two or three goals too much. This cannot be explained. But we have big plans and getting to the semi-final has still been a great success.”

The visitors pulled a goal back just before half-time to bring the score to 2-1 at the break, but they were unable to capitalise on Bayern’s moment of weakness which frustrated Brazilian defender Naldo, who praised his team-mate’s performances and bemoaned the slanted scoreline.

“We played very well. We tried to get a result, but the final score is too high – the game did not deserve to finish 6-1,” he said.